Lakes and pagodas
16th April 2010 This morning we visited the ‘posh’ end of town. We had discovered this whole new area yesterday when we were dropping people off after our Perfume Pagoda tour. We were also searching for a supermarket where we could buy some peppermint tea bags, which happened to be in the same vicinity. We walked past the Hanoi Opera House, an imposing building with a French style facade, not far from the Hilton and Metropole hotels. The cyclo drivers were lined up ready to pounce on unsuspecting tourists coming out of these big hotels. We managed to have a quick look around the foyer of the Opera House before being shown the door, but it looked quite impressive. ...